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Papers of Sir Robert Menzies, 1905-1978 [manuscript]
Bib ID 2941360
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
Access Conditions Partly closed. 
Description 1905-1978. 
82.32 m. (588 boxes) 
Summary

This extensive collection of personal papers includes inter alia: 1. Inward and outward correspondence sorted chronologically and by name, 1935-1978. Principal correspondents include Eric Harrison, Lord Casey, Harold Macmillan, Leo Amery, Clive Baillieu, Owen Dixon, Alfred Stirling, Jack Fingleton, Fred Alexander, Walter Crocker, Lionel Lindsay, Alexander Douglas Home, Will Ashton, Anthony Eden, Jack Cato, Winston Churchill, Alexander Downer, Alan Herbert, James McGregor, Hubert Opperman, Leon Trout, Ralph Richardson, Frank Richardson, Justice Felix Frankfurter and Colonel F.H. Wright. 2. Press cuttings, speeches, statements and broadcasts, 1917-1976. 3. Diaries, 1935-1963, including those kept on overseas trips and office appointment diaries. 4. Research material and drafts of writings. 5. Personal medical, legal and financial records. 6. Family papers, including those of his wife Dame Pattie Menzies. 7. Liberal Party correspondence and printed material, 1944-1974. 8. Family and official photographs

9.Papers relating to specific topics including the Communist Party, the 1956 Suez Crisis, defence, cricket, elections, Rhodesia and South Africa, banking, economics and the Churchill Memorial Trust. 10. Papers relating to Menzies' appointment as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1965-1971.

Biography/History Prime Minister of Australia, 1939-1941 and 1949-1966. Leader of the Federal Opposition, 1943-1949. Member of the House of Representatives for Kooyong, Victoria, 1934-1966. Founder of the Liberal Party of Australia. 
Notes

Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 4936.

Card index to correspondence available.

Cited In

Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; E950

Index/Finding Aid Note Descriptive list available (139 pp.) 
Subjects Menzies, Robert, - Sir, - 1894-1978 - Archives.  |  Menzies, Pattie, - Dame, - 1899-1995.  |  Menzies family.  |  Liberal Party of Australia.  |  Communist Party of Australia.  |  Prime ministers - Australia - Archives.  |  Statesmen - Australia - Archives.  |  Cricket - Australia - History.  |  Australia - Politics and government - 1939-1945.  |  Australia - Politics and government - 1945-1965.  |  Australia - Politics and government - 1965-  |  Egypt - History - Intervention, 1956.  |  Australia - Civil defense.
Occupation Federal politicians.
Details Collect From
MS 4936 Manual Request only from Manuscript Reading Room, 2nd Floor
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